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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.4.24
vrajantam kauravarshabhah
visrambhad abhyadhattedam
SYNONYMS
sah -- Vidura; tam -- unto Uddhava; maha-bhagavatam -- the great devotee of the Lord; vrajantam -- while going; kaurava-rishabhah -- the best amongst the Kauravas; visrambhat -- out of confidence; abhyadhatta -- submitted; idam -- this; mukhyam -- unto the chief; krishna -- Lord Krishna; parigrahe -- in devotional service to the Lord.
TRANSLATION
While Uddhava, the chief and most confidential amongst the devotees of the Lord, was going away, Vidura, in affection and confidence, questioned him.
PURPORT
Vidura was much older than Uddhava. By family relationship Uddhava was a contemporary brother of Krishna's, while Vidura was as elderly as Krishna's father Vasudeva. But although junior by age, Uddhava was much advanced in the devotional service of the Lord, and therefore he is described herein as the chief amongst the devotees of the Lord. Vidura was confident about this, and thus he addressed Uddhava in that higher category. That is the way of courteous dealings between two devotees.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness